Horse feeding-bag.



F. TOTH.

HORSE FEEDING BAG. v AYPLIQATION FILED we. 18,1911.

1,01 1,674. v Patented D6012, 1911.

ATTORNEYS.

COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH Co., WASHINGTON. n. c

UNITED STATE ATEN T OFFICE.

FERENGZ TOTH, OF ZANESVILLE, OHIO.

HORSE FEEDING-BAG.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FERENoz ToTH, citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Zanesville, in the county of Muskingum and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in HorseFeeding-Bags, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to feed bags for animals, more particularlyadapted for horses, and has for its object to provide feed bag in amanner as hereinafter set forth with ventilating means, so that theinterior of the bag will be ventilated when the animal is eating.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a ventilated feed bagwhich is comparatively simple in its construction and arrangement,strong, durable, efficient in its use, readily connected to the horseshead and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

IVith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists ofthe novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, ashereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention,but it is to be understood that changes, Variations and modificationscan be resorted to which fall within the scope of the claim hereuntoappended.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to accompanyingdrawings, wherein like reference characters denote corresponding partsthroughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspectiveView of ventilat ing feed bag in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan.

Referring to the drawings in detail 1 de notes a flexible body portionformed of suitable material and provided with semicylindrical extension2, bent upon itself to provide a depending fiap 3, and to furtherprovide a pocket 1-, opening into lower part of the body portion. Theflap 3 is reinforced by stay pieces 5 at its lower end and whichconstitute means for coupling to said lower end a pair of ventilatingtubes 6 which project as at ,7 through the bend 8, and open into theatmosphere. The lower terminus of each of the tubes 6 de- Specificationof Letters Patent.

Application filed August 18, 1911.

Patented Dec. 12, 1911.

Serial No. 644,746.

pends below the lower end of the flap 3, and opens into the upper partof the body portion 1 as at 9.

Secured to each of the upper corners of the extension 2 is a verticallydisposed strap 10, for supporting the bag from the horses head andconnected to near one end of the strap 10, is one end 11 of a strap 12,which is adapted to extend around one side of the horses head and beconnected to a buckle 13 carried by a loop 14: secured to the extension2 near its upper end. Slidably mounted upon and depending from the strap12, is a vertically disposed strap 11', which is adapted to be connectedto a buckle 15 at the top of the body portion 1. The straps 10, 12 and15 are used for securing the bag in position upon the horses head.

Mounted upon the top edge of the body portion 1 is a pair of stay pieces16,17 which are secured in position by a row of stitches tilating tubes19, which open as at 20 into the body portion and communicate at theirupper ends with the atmosphere. The upper ends of each of the tubes 19,is provided with a screen 21, to prevent the feed or foreign bodiesentering through the tubes into the body portion. One side of the bodyportion, at its top is formed with a V- shaped slit 22 to provide thecontracting of the top of the body portion around the horses head. Astrap 23 is connected at one end to the body portion and is adapted toengage a buckle 24, and by this arrangement, the body portion can betightly secured around the horses head when the strap and buckle areconnected to prevent accidental spilling of the contents of the bag.

What I claim is A feed bag comprising a cylindrical body portionproviding a vertically disposed semicylindrical extension forming apocket, and a pair of ventilating tubes extending through said pocketand opening into and on the outside of the body portion of the bag.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

FERENCZ TOTH.

Witnesses:

MEZEY Is'rvAN, RAZALYI ISTVAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

